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by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 4:46 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: New user...pillows for mouth breathers? Hybrid?
Replies: 4
Views: 1437

Re: New user...pillows for mouth breathers? Hybrid?

I have been using the hybrid for 6 months and am going back to a full face tonight. For me, the straps that go behind the neck are too narrow and bunch up and get uncomfortable. I like the nasal pillow masks and thought this would work for me when I decided I needed a full face type. I liked that it...
by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 1:42 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help! Understanding the smart code
Replies: 5
Views: 942

Re: Help! Understanding the smart code

What are your prescribed pressures? And what else did the smart code say (about other features)? How well do you think your mask fits? Your having raised your pressure that high, slowly or otherwise, is a bit worrying, but not knowing more than that about pretty much anything else makes it hard to ...
by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 12:26 pm
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: General sleep apnea question
Replies: 17
Views: 2848

Re: General sleep apnea question

Hi all, I haven't been sleeping normally for the past 10 years and it's been getting progressively worse over the past 5. I wake up about 30 times every night without any help from any supplements, change in sleeping habits, change in lifestyle, changing diet, etc. The thing is that I'm conscious o...
by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:40 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help! Understanding the smart code
Replies: 5
Views: 942

Re: Help! Understanding the smart code

By the way I should mention I use a full face mask. thanks
by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 11:07 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: slack jawed
Replies: 3
Views: 816

slack jawed

I could be the poster boy for the Simpson's character, "the slack jawed yokel". I haven't found a chin strap that works. None of the ones I've tried adjust tight enough. For some reason, I force my jaw open while I sleep. I've tried everything I can think of...any ideas? Considering super gluing my ...
by doc47
Sun Oct 26, 2014 10:46 am
Forum: CPAP and Sleep Apnea Message Board
Topic: Help! Understanding the smart code
Replies: 5
Views: 942

Help! Understanding the smart code

Greetings all, I just joined the forum even though I've been doing cpap therapy for several years. I've never learned how to evaluate my therapy. Over the last few months It has become obvious that I'm having more events. I have an Intellipap travel machine and have increased the pressure from 10 to...